International Design for All Foundation Awards 2014

The 5th edition of the International Design for All Foundation Awards recognise achievements in the field of design for all, great and small, by governments, businesses, not-for-profit organisations and professionals from all over the world. In so doing, they aim to demonstrate that the implementation of design for all/universal design in any form contributes towards improving quality of life for everyone.

The Design for All Foundation firmly believes that the awards should not be a competition, but a recogniction of all examples of good practice which arise from identifying a need or problem and satisfying user requirements and expectations. Examples considered as "Good Practices" are those which meet the criteria for excellence.

However, each year an international jury will select the 5 "Best Practices" out of all the Good Practices submitted to be presented with the International Design for All Foundation Award. These will be the examples which stand out in terms of their impact and which indicate the way ahead for better implementation of design for all/universal design.

Key dates

• 30 September 2013: Opening of call for entries.
• 2 January 2014: Deadline for submission of entries.
• 12 February 2014: Award ceremony, which will take place as part of Urbaccess: the European accessibility and universal design exhibition in Paris.

For further information and the award terms and conditions, please visit the awards website.